My wife's consultant said that US hospitals will get every penny/dime they can if she needs hospital treatment. The same for me..

The inspiration of the National Health service and our welfare state came from the Christian Socialism of Archbishop William Temple and the tradition going back many years
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From: Dick Fischer
To: michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk
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Subject: Re: [asa] health care

I used to work for a health insurance company. They denied coverage to attorneys. Why? They were considered a bad risk. That's the free market system. Health insurance companies like any other companies can choose who they want to do business with. That's how capitalism works.

Dick Fischer
www.historicalgenesis.com

Sep 24, 2009 01:38:16 PM, michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk wrote:

Thank goodness we have the National Health Service for all its faults.

> In eight US states and Washington, D.C., insurance companies are
> legally allowed to deny health insurance coverage to victims of
> domestic abuse, treating it essentially, if not literally, as a
> pre-existing condition.
>
> Which is one practice of the insurance companies I hope will be stopped
>
> Great short clip about Health Care Reform!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwRAIdVdVS4&feature=related >
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